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Ain't No SunshineBill Withers
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About this chord transcription
GrooveSheet read the chords of Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers from the full mix and wrote them out as a chord chart: chord symbols over every bar, in time with the recording, which plays along as you read. It transcribed the drum, piano and guitar parts too, on pages of their own.
The music
Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers is in C major, at about 79 BPM. It is in 4/4 time and runs 41 bars. Its main chords are Am, Am7, Em7 and Dm7, out of 7 different chords in all. The progression heard most often is Em7 → Dm7 → Am7 → Em7. The chord changes 40 times over the song.
- Part
- Chords
- Key
- C major
- Tempo
- 79 BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Bars
- 41
- Main chords
- Am, Am7, Em7, Dm7
- Most common progression
- Em7 → Dm7 → Am7 → Em7
- Album
- Just As I Am
- Released
- 1971
- Length
- 2:05
- Separated parts
- Piano, Drums, Bass, Vocals, Guitar and Other
- Sheet music
- Piano, Drums and Guitar
What you can download
- MusicXMLthe chord chart, for MuseScore, Sibelius, Dorico or Finale
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